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Re: Shooting the moon?

I do I think most DSLR users should have done it before. It is rather easy but you need a longer lens if you wish to see more details.

Here is my first attempt with my 70-200mm at 16th floor HDB. Quite small though.

How did u get in so close with just a 70-200mm?? Are u using any teleconverters??
I tried once with my 70-200mm but failed terribly.
In the end, i borrowed my friend's BigmOS to shoot. Anything shorter than 400 is impossible for me.

Re: Shooting the moon?

This is a cropped image. No teleconverter as I could only afford a f4 version at that time.

Originally Posted by Profezeur

How did u get in so close with just a 70-200mm?? Are u using any teleconverters??
I tried once with my 70-200mm but failed terribly.
In the end, i borrowed my friend's BigmOS to shoot. Anything shorter than 400 is impossible for me.

Re: Shooting the moon?

I tried with a friend's 500D and a rented 300 2.8L non IS. 500D helps when you're shooting at low ISOs (it's a bright moon) and want to crop lots. It was very sharp indeed! Putting TC's on just degrades it imo, better to crop if your cam has enough MP's.

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Re: Shooting the moon?

Originally Posted by Headshotzx

I tried with a friend's 500D and a rented 300 2.8L non IS. 500D helps when you're shooting at low ISOs (it's a bright moon) and want to crop lots. It was very sharp indeed! Putting TC's on just degrades it imo, better to crop if your cam has enough MP's.

Re: Shooting the moon?

Originally Posted by Octarine

Care to explain the difference between F-Number and Aperture, as well Exposure Time and Shutter speed value?

Hahaha, maybe he's quoting the data from his Image manipulation software ad verbatim. He also wants to be precise with his Aperture value, as compared to an F-nummer that is a round nummer. Don't you get it??? Hehehe.

Re: Shooting the moon?

Originally Posted by dingaroo

Hahaha, maybe he's quoting the data from his Image manipulation software ad verbatim. He also wants to be precise with his Aperture value, as compared to an F-nummer that is a round nummer. Don't you get it??? Hehehe.

Gosh, didn't noticed .. 'Nummer' is the German word for number. And "Focusal length" is also a funny new term Looks like some funky freeware